New Jersey is now the hottest U.S. clean energy market with a 50% renewable energy by 2030 goal, America’s most ambitious offshore wind and energy storage targets, and an executive order to achieve 100% clean energy by 2050.

On June 22, Puerto Rico quietly asked the world (pdf) to deliver one of the biggest battery systems ever built. Posted on a government website, the proposal calls for the island to add at least 200 megawatt hours (MWh) of batteries as it rebuilds in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. That would be enough to supply 5% of…

With thousands of North Sea oil wells soon to be shut down, ecologists are warning that removing the gargantuan platforms could be more environmentally harmful than leaving them in place. The rigs, it turns out, have nurtured cold-water corals and other marine life.

Coal’s contribution to U.S. power generation has slipped to where it was before Donald Trump became president, despite his repeated vow to bring back the industry. The fossil fuel accounted for just 24 percent of America’s power mix in April, the lowest level since March 2016.

The Trump administration’s scheme to subsidize the coal industry has nothing to do with grid resiliency or energy security—the White House is simply picking a favorite in the heated battle for market share across the U.S. electricity generation sector.